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Game entry

Penumbra: Overture

2007 · Horror, Action-adventure, Survival, Puzzle · PC, Mac, Linux · Paradox Interactive

Penumbra: Overture is ranked no. 3,513 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,434 and 36% of duels won. Against Batman: Arkham Asylum, the opponent it meets most often, the tally stands at 0 wins to 3 losses in 3 duels. Measured against its own family, it climbs to no. 105 out of 143 (2007).

World rank

no. 3,513

ELO score

1,434

Wins

36%

Duels played

109

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About Penumbra: Overture

Penumbra:Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Played from a first person perspective and powered by a 3D engine utilising cutting edge technology, Penumbra is a substantial advancement of the genre.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,434 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Penumbra: Overture sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 3,510 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game 1,434
  2. 3,511 Legend of Grimrock 1,434
  3. 3,512 Ape Escape 1,434
  4. 3,513 Penumbra: Overture 1,434
  5. 3,514 Punishing: Gray Raven 1,434
  6. 3,515 Mutazione 1,434
  7. 3,516 Night Call 1,434

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The standing

Where Penumbra: Overture ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Penumbra: Overture stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 105 out of 143 (2007).

Where Penumbra: Overture ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 3,513 5,110
Horror 136 215
2000s 948 1,304
2007 105 143

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